Republic Y-Wing Starfighter

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When I first heard of Y-Wings being in the new The Clone Wars Tv-series I thought that was a great idea, giving that classic Star Wars ship a deeper history.

Then I got the visual dictionary to the series and saw pictures of the ship. That inspired me to build it in Lego, long before the preliminary pictures of the official set showed up. I sued fragments from my Rebel Y-wing (Notably engines and part of the cockpit) and built the rest from scratch.

So here it is now in all its bricky goodness

The empty spaces in the engines were "filled" with every round piece I could find.

I added these guns on the side for extra firepower and detailing, these are supposed to be Ion cannons.

How the laser turret was done: the guns are held by magnets.

Bit of extra detailing on the engines.

Underside: there is landing gear that folds out, torpedo launchers and floodlights.

Comparison with V-Wing to give a sense of scale.

Phase II pilots fly this fighter and operate the weapons with the assistance of an Astromech.

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That looks very good, better than TLCs design at least. The whole ship looks quite accurate, but if I have one quibble, its that the front looks kind of blocky and the wrong shape, and could use some modifying. Other than that, though, great MOC!

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I just started watching the Clone Wars series the other day, and I really like your version.

The TLG version seems overall too yellow to me, though I haven't freeze-framed to compare It also seems massively disproportionate to the other craft in the line, whereas yours is a nice compromise. The back is especially good.

How do the magnets hold? Do they move around a bit, or are they fixed in position?

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You've done better than TLG with this MOC Commander Rob. I think you captured the overall blockiness of the Republic Y-wing excellently! In particular I like the back end and engines, although the front could do with a little work. The ball turret design is genius, I might have to borrow it for up coming MOCs (with credit where it's due of course ).

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Thanks for the replies everybody, whoever wants to use the turret design (or variations) may do so if credit it given.

Thanks also for the suggestions, I might incorporate them into future redesigns.

And about the colours: The Y-Wing Anakin and Ahsoka fly has a paintjob that greatly differs from that on the fighters of the clone pilots, my MOC has a mix of both, mostly due to the limited supply off parts I had handy and some artistic licence.